they didn't want to go to a big city with big city problems. they still wanted to see the sunrise and the sunset and big horizons and clear skies at night. >> the need is great. listen to this statistic. there is average of 250 doctors for every 100,000 people. in the rural areas that statistic is much worse. bill: how are the medical students liking this idea? >> reporter: the students in the program who we talked to, they really have taken to the idea of small town life and career and that's why they decided to attend a program just like this in a rural place. often what will happen is students from small towns head off to med school in the big city with every intention of returning to open a practice in their hometown but then they meet a future spouse, get a job offer, start to network and they never return. with this program they begin and end in a similar place. >> i think it is the, the lifestyle that you have in a rural community. you know being close with your neighbors, knowing your patients on more of a personal level. knowing who yo